María Guadalupe Palomera Chávez (12 December 1913 – 16 November 2008),[1] known as Lupita Palomera, was a Mexican singer, one of the first and most notable bolero performers in the Golden Age of Mexican cinema.[2][3][4] She was known for some time as "La Novia de la Canción" (The Sweetheart of Song) and was also called "La Voz más Dulce de la Radio" (The Radio's Sweetest Voice).
Palomera made her debut singing on Guadalajara's XED radio station.[4] She made her first recording in 1937, but achieved her first great success with her 1938 recording of Gonzalo Curiel's "Vereda tropical".[6] She recorded exclusively for RCA Víctor and sang on programs for XEW. She also recorded several Mexican folk songs with her husband, singer Fernando Fernández, the father of her three daughters.[7]
Palomera died in November 2008[8] at the age of 94.
Discography
Studio albums
Canta Lupita Palomera (RCA Victor)
La inspiración de Agustín Lara en la voz de Lupita Palomera (RCA Victor)
La inspiración de los Hnos. Domínguez en la voz de Lupita Palomera (RCA Victor)
^Duenas, Pablo (1993). Bolero: historia documental del bolero mexicano. Asociación Mexicana de Estudios Fonográficos. p. 97.
^Krafft Vera, Federico; Tamargo Cordero, Elena (2004). Bolero: clave del corazón. Alejo Peralta Fundación. p. 156. ISBN9685053324.
^ abRestrepo Duque, Hernán (1992). Lo que cuentan los boleros: la historia de 100 hermosos boleros, de sus compositores y de sus mejores intérpretes. Centro Editorial de Estudios Musicales. pp. 52–53.
^ abMemorias políticas de Manuel Flores Flores. Janet Editores. 2000. pp. 143–144. ISBN9687362464.
